OTHER TIDBITS: The Nomi Lackee Reservation came about when the Congress of 1851 passed the Indian Appropriations Act, which established five military reservations to hold displaced Native Americans for their “protection!” What this really meant is that they were to be rounded up and kept from impeding American westward settlement! For four years, the agents in charge of the reservation reported on the great conditions in which the tribes now found themselves, but an independent investigation found rampant fraud, maltreatment (including indentured servitude), and general dishonesty about the conditions of the tribes.

In 1859, the Secretary of the Interior called for the reservation to be abandoned, based on these findings, but the reservation stayed in operation until 1861! That’s when a secret secessionist society, called the Knights of the Golden Circle, attacked the reservation and left it in ruins! That left the tribes who lived here with no choice but to move to another reservation in Round Valley.

• Donate to the Native Daughters of the Golden West!
• Be a responsible visitor! Please respect the signs and pathways, and treat all structures and artifacts with respect. They’ve endured a lot to survive into the present. They’ll need our help to make it into the future!

ANNOTATIONS:
You’ll have to count the distance for this one! When you’ve gone 3.9 miles from Paskenta Road, look for a metal barn on your left with rusty red grooves on the roof! The plaque is located 200 feet west of the barn!

From Los Angeles: ~514mi (828km) — 8.6hrs
From Sacramento: ~130mi (210km) — 2.2hrs
From San Diego: ~633mi (1019km) — 10.6hrs
From San Francisco: ~185mi (298km) — 3.1hrs